DENISE C. BIBLE

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Maryville, TN 37803 Email: el61qf@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

More than nine years of manufacturing experience. Seven years experience in a supervisory role in the automotive environment. Proven ability to lead multiple teams in process improvement including cost reduction and increased capacities. Proficient in Lean Manufacturing and Project Management techniques.

• Lean Manufacturing Project Management

• Quality Engineering Six Sigma development

• Process Improvement development Scrap Reduction development

EXPERIENCE

Knoxville Utilities Board, Knoxville, TN 12/06 – present

Business Management Analyst in Asset Management of Natural Gas Distribution System

Coordinate Engineering, Safety and Technical Services, System Operations and Underground Construction Departments in the operations and maintenance of KUB’s Natural Gas System.

• Established and developed the Capital Project Standard for the Engineering department.

• Managed Natural Gas Distribution project for condemning gas services not used in over two years. This reduces cost of maintenance of the Distribution system such as leak surveys and visual inspections.

• Directed Corrosion specialists and Contract personnel in the Bridge Crossing and Test Station assessments.

• Directed the development of Natural Gas Process documentation in order to maintain Quality of service.

Astec Underground, Loudon, TN 10/05 – 12/06

Manufacturing Engineer

Provided Manufacturing Engineering support for Laser Cutting, Computer Operated, Machining, Bending and Welding equipment for the production of mechanical components for the assembly of Road Construction Equipment.

• Developed improvement processes for reducing scrap metal in all aspects of the manufacturing of Road Construction Equipment.

• Directed Chain Assembly and the manufacturing of components for digging equipment.

• Facilitated Lean Manufacturing Project for the assembly area (cell design) of the Road Construction Equipment.

• Developed capacity information for all the equipment on the manufacturing floor.

• Developed Engineering bill of materials and routings from the Corporation’s engineered drawings.

Key Safety Systems, Inc., Maryville, TN 1/05 - 8/05

Industrial Engineer

Provided Engineering support for the installation of new product equipment and for the manufacturing of automotive airbag containers.

• Developed process flow, process and procedural documentation and statistical controls for the

product line of automotive safety critical parts.

• Conducted Quality Audits on the production floor in order to record QS-9000 information.

• Coordinated with IT, Quality Engineers and Production Operators on quality, production, and software issues related to the new product line process development.

• Developed Engineering drawings and corrections for the new product process.

Tennessee Koyo Steering Systems, Vonore, TN 6/00 - 1/05

Unit Engineer/Supervisor

Direct Operators for the Hose Assembly, Powder Coat Manufacturing Areas, Contractors and Kaizen Maintenance Technicians. Manage cross-functional teams during product development, Kaizen Blitzes, and for Equipment installation.

• Direct and develop the design of the Shipping/Receiving Area in order to increase space for additional production lines.

• Direct and design the installation of the production lines for the machining of steering gear housing and automotive hose testing.

• Established Work instructions for change over of different product line and increase the efficiency and capacity of the process and equipment.

• Develop yearly budgets, trained operators, assure equipment performance, analyzed control charts for process improvement and reported information to upper management.

• Develop with Cross-Functional Teams the necessary documentation and information required to obtain the Companies ISO certification.

Carlex Glass Company, Vonore, TN 2/98 - 6/00

Manufacturing Engineer

Direct and Maintain the Preprocessing area for the manufacturing of automotive glass components. Manage maintenance activities for the entire plant’s water filtration, air filtration and wastewater systems.

• Direct the installation of a soft water system for the water supply for the plant.

• Direct the installation of a well to reduce cost of water supplied from the county.

• Developed spare part repair program, acquired local suppliers and standardized replacement parts to reduce inventory cost by 50%.

• Direct installation of laser etching equipment for bar code labeling.

• Direct the maintenance of glass preprocessing equipment.

Breed Technologies (Allied Safety Restraints), Knoxville, TN 11/96 - 2/98

Industrial Engineer

Direct the maintenance of the Metal Finishing Department which included Heat Treatment, Vibratory Cleaning, Robot Welding and Electro-coating of metal parts. Direct labor usage based upon machine capacity and production requirements.

Direct equipment installation for airbag resistance welding machines and plant layout of equipment.

Developed with Process Improvement team a color-code system for identifying seatbelt and airbag parts from receiving to shipping.

Developed job aids for the maintenance and operation of production equipment.

Developed capacity and production standards.

Molten Metal Technology, Oak Ridge, TN 3/95 - 11/96

Operations Engineer

Provide Engineering support for the CEP (Catalytic Extraction Process, a new technology for the recycling nuclear hazardous waste using molten metal). Directed Contractors in mechanical and electrical construction of reactor and gas handling train.

• Developed the pipe design for a molten metal injection process including cost analysis.

• Direct installation of Thermal Oxidizer for regulatory air requirements.

• Maintained the equipment associated with the CEP process that included fuel and waste injection, HEPA air filtration system, exhaust stack and the HVAC.

• Develop testing for construction, inventory list, procedures, operational logs, and training on production process and present to the Board of Directors for readiness evaluation.

ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America), Alcoa, TN 9/91 - 7/92

Ingot Production and Maintenance Shift Supervisor

Direct Union employees in the production of aluminum ingots. Maintain quality and safety databases for maintenance activities of the production equipment.

Direct the preventative maintenance program of all forging equipment.

Operated and monitored equipment for molten ingot production.

Established Safety procedures and processes.

Operated computer systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).

Worked as a team with other area supervisors on scrap reduction projects.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineer December 1995

University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Associate of Science, Mechanical Engineer June 1986

State Technical Institute at Knoxville Knoxville, TN

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Microsoft 2007: Access, Excel, Visio, and Word

• AutoCAD 14 and AutoCAD Lt.

• JMP (statistical software)

• IBM software: Lotus Notes, SharePoint, and PeopleSoft applications for Financial Management, Customer Information and Maintenance Management

• ArcGIS: ArcPad, ArcMap and ArcCatalog

• Global Positioning System software

TRAINING

• Japanese development and philosophies training of Statistical Process Control, Quality, and Auditing processes during an extended stay at the Koyo plant in Koyo, Japan. Specific training of the Koyo Production System (KPS) that is similar to the Toyota Production System (TPS)

• ISO-9000/9001/ 9002/ 9003 and QS-9000 Internal Auditor for TS-19649/QS-9000 and ISO-140001 Certified

• Green Belt Certification from Motorola University

• Industry Training: Fork Lift, Overhead Crane, Radiation Worker, Site Orientation, Regulatory Affairs, Lockout and Tag-out process for safety, Confined Entry Space, Industrial Safety, CPR, and First Aid

• Basic Office Safety, Hazardous Communication and Building Emergency Action Plan through KUB’s mandatory computer based training

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